The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 16, 1946, Page 6

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@AGE SIX antinori ton tan tnt tn nn hn fan ttn tind CORAL ROCKETS By L. P. ARTMAN, JR, \MAADAAAABAAAAAAAAALANALAAAAAAABAABA ROBERTS RIBBED laws here but also clearing Key Here’s a note from Albert Rob-| West from stigmas of a “honky erts, “I have received some jolly! tonk” main street. Keep the good ribbing from your excellent! shops in good shape would be a| article in the Rockets about a, good motto for bar operators and politic castoff advising the) have a clean’ establishment. Be- ministers about the blue laws. I| cause there are quick forces of said to the ribbers that if it was| reparation which will move at| me the shoe had to fit. but I; a moment’s notice’ if this is not never advised anybody and criti-| done. «} I ¢ Le cized only to arouse public _inter-} ° e est. Keep up the good work] From now on, straight six pages because what you are doing is every day in the week for The what we sorely need in. Key, Citizen. West — unbiased opinion and) ° ° equal praise and criticism for, SUNDAY PICTURE PAPER all.” ;)MAY 1 e ° I have just received word that BUT NOT ROBERTS What of course is the trouble, duce my Sunday picture newspa- in not being able to name names, everyone thinks it is he who is meant because of some similari- ties in articles. As a matter of fact the person referred to in the article was not Roberts. the week of March 18. Following about a month of experimentation ; with the new press, I hope to | West’s Sunday picture paper off the press by say May 1. A num- ber of photographers have been ' secure e . GAMBLING MIDDLE COURSE Sounding here and sounding there and sometimes dropping; the lead on shallow spots and} sometimes dropping the lead in| @reat depths, it appears now that! the course which is going to be followed about liquor and gambl- ing wiil be the middle’tourse. Al-' though at first there were threats, about obits wipeout of theéé ; a groups, these all thosight | 4 were merely threats and not real ae ear der ; action. It seems that the major- Pope OCs tat we're going! ity of persons wish these two ‘take coreg Key. Weat- forms of entertainment and they will be available in. However one important point is that things) ACTIVE will ‘be cleaned up a great deal.| Latest scuttlebutt is that the It is something which should; Business Men’s Association is be- ha been done a long time ago.} coming strongly active and that spot news and features and scores already. etchings Also old historical and prints are being back” into Key West’s colorful / It is*quite possible that this pi Si ay vs] may bé ex- tended tg free the : id: ?ineluding rathon, d to service the paper with) of pictures have been filed away} documented now for glimpses} entiye Flor-j resent! the offset press which will pro-| | per will be shipped to Key West! { have the first editions of Key) ers, bat the editor reserves the right to delete any items which are considered libelous a ranted. ‘The writers fair confine the letters to 300 words, and write on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writers must accompany the letters and will be published un- less requested otherwise. “WHITE AS SNOW” Editor, The Citizen: Today we should feel like the sinner who goes to the altar rail and receives absolution for our city is once more washed as white as snow and all our scarlet sins are’-washed away. The public charge of graft has been vindicat- ed, but has the Grand Jury re- stored public confidence in other matters by not having time to which has been ‘blocked off is refute or confirm the letter sent them by Rev. Howes about con-} ditions in Monroe County as out- lined in his letter to the Grand Jury. Jury when we feel that we have been the victims of circumstance! or can any lawyer call the Grand | Jury or must it be a judge. I do, not know and I would like to |have a public answer because thesé men are paid from taxes; i received into the coffers of Mon- !roe County from the taxpayers ! pocket. Why all the about Rev.} : Doherty and publicly ignore Rev. | Howes? I know it is near election time ! and everyone has raw nerves but {when we can become so out- | raged as to call the Grand Jury; | for one item how about the tax- payers pocketbook because I amj Can you or I call the Grand] unsafe. This part of the spenee | not interested in any particular; is quite scenic in spots and is jawyer or individuasl it is the right alongside the water. There) interest of the city and the is good fishing nearby. Plug cast-: county as a whole. If some citi- ers espeeially enjoy this stretch} 7on had the power to see that the of the Keys. Wild birds are com-! Grand Jury was called why “aid: ing in in great flocks now that! not the Circuit Judge see to it! cars travel the road mostly © that the charges brought by the Sundays. At Dead Man’s Curve jetter of Rev. Howes was in- poorjoes” so named because) vastigated or is that too much to} spongermen found little meat on} , hoped for or impossible at them, blue heron, great white) this time. ie! eel heron and scores of snipe fre-i yt jis to ‘the’ credit of our quent the trees which were once in the middle of a SWAMP. f | yindicated it 4 deeply re: e <a gp eiette the* ringing thi CONCHOLOGISTS \ charg t 1 the source, = Notice out at the foot of White-| of infe tion Becar we should head Street on the Ocean side, not make a charge and not take that the colored boys are out with! conch shells scrubbing them; the courage to attack we must: j officials that they have been: e e | with brushes and selling them to; BUSINESSMEN ASSOCIATION | tourists again. There are many; fine shell curio shops in town! which cater to the tourists. This branch of Conchology, and it really is spelt Conchology, Amateur | it to finality—because if we mst _ have the couraglto-fate the’Gon= sequences and ri leave > the shadow of a.doubt in no. ones mind—it is easy to ‘destroy but! so hard to rebuild~let us be sure of our source of information COWBOY JOE EVANS, of Miles City, Montana, World’s Champica Cowboy, will compete in the “Big Wild West Rodeo Circus at Mu- | nicipal Stadium tonight and Sunday. sire that public opinion will be And it must follow, as the night/ arouséd ‘to ‘the extent that any| the day, one responsible for willful or;Thou canst not then be false to} accidental negligence will reetify | any man.” that matter. If our criticism is un-| ALBERT G. ROBERTS | just we must be prepared to re- Key West, Fla., tract: as°quick as we charge. If Feb. 15, 1946. we are to be fair to others we, ‘must first be fair to ourselves. | The: Busceu. ofthe Budget of \As-so well expressed by the the United States was created by| ard of Rd: | an-act of Congress inthe year) . To 1921. ‘ eres < “uy War. Savivig: Bonds Now” _ Chas. Aronovitz. Department Store * Key West's Largest Store 6h r ine own self be true, ,.-SATURDAY, FEBRUARY.-16, 1946 THE LOW DOWN HICKORY GROVE You know, every iime I see a picket, it gets me. wondering what kind of geezer he is and how come he stoops to the job. Walking up and down—with side glances from people: passing — what can be running through the guy’s head. He is hard to Savvy. Here in America, was Mr Chrysler. He maincured greasy engines in a. round! ip tal He asked phily prin yay “ b show how good he Was. He didn’t pick ap a-pticard-and-wali-back and forth im front 9f¢the round, house doorgni) osipe* Paty Everybody -cannot bea Chrys- ler, but everybody. should have the opportunity to, show his metal — and be somebody — and profit by his extra’ effort. If our Govt. wants to show that it is not taking sides—and is try- ing to live up to its “land of the free” slogan, it can do so—and ‘ easy—by getting over its freight ‘or being figgity about labor ana {its votes. It is either the “land | of the free” or the “land of the | pickets’—the 2 do not jibe. Yours with the low down, | JO SERRA | \HONROE THEATER PETER LORRE ik, “HOTEL, | “News - Sports’ -' TET | STRAND. THEATER | RAY: MILLAND>).in Es ; | “MINISTRY OF FEAR" ' Coming: “Having A Wonderful Crime” SET Announcing the Opening of PELLICIER SERVICE STATION | ROCK HARBOR, FLORIDA... 6 Miles North of ‘Tavernier Phone Tavernier 7 @Gulf Products. @Expert Repair Service : @Tire Repairing Where tooling Breil & Re aubaalyle nown Merchandise Are SHown Exclusively most appealing here. and when we give out that in- collectors will find a wealth of| formation let us be ready to get} just bars “more b: per block; Wind! material on beaches and inj|in there and start pitching. If/ than in many citi the local; e e | rocky spots up the Keys. we criticize we must bé criticized{ people who wish to take a drink! OLD ROAD POPULAR | e ° in like manner. Criticism is not} don't feel too much like frequent-| The old road up the Keys is, HUMOROUS BROADSIDE |for the purpose to destroy or. ing bars which are sy and! getting to be quite’ popular. This) . Now the Cubans are mighty) stir up wrath; it must be made roisterous and which allow over) old road goes from Boca Chica| fine people but just as Americans} With purpose of public ehlighten-| drinking and young kids to be! to Pirates Cove where it cuts| are the object of smiles when! ment with the conscientious de: present. into Eddie’s Fish Basket and the| they attempt to speak Spanish in! | main highway. At Perky there is| Havana so Cubans in some of; 'a road going off to the right! their printed circulars to Ameri-|$ The sailor boys complain when’ a Business Woman's Association! the main street is composed of. will also be formed. Song of the! Martha ‘Manning A WONDERFUL NEW yan Collection of Dresses ° ° ‘Another Exclusive NOT TEMPORARY, DRIVE are Now there is one thing ‘about which saves going up to Pirates| bar operators here which must Cove and be noted. 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